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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fifth installment of the Museum\u2019s ongoing series Masterworks | Portland commemorates the fourth centenary of the death of El Greco (1541-1614), the brilliant, multicultural genius whose highly personal, conceptual style gave form to the intense spirituality of Spain\u2019s Golden Age. Coinciding with the celebrations of Christmas and Easter, this special installation features the artist\u2019s greatest devotional painting, the magisterial Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen<\/strong><\/em>, a rarely loaned treasure of the Cleveland Museum of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Painted at the height of El Greco\u2019s powers in the 1590s, The Holy Family<\/em> shows the Virgin Mary holding the squirming Christ child on her lap as Joseph offers a bowl of fruit. They are joined by Mary Magdalen, whose sorrowful gaze alludes to the future suffering of the happy child. El Greco\u2019s approach is based on Venetian depictions of the subject set in a landscape, but transformed so that the figures seem to exist out of space and time, floating before a turbulent sky. The visionary quality of the elongated forms, animated by flashing light and vivid color, is tempered by touches of realism, particularly seen in the faces of the virgin and child, in the bowl of fruit, and in the warm domesticity that characterizes the scene. This endows the image with unusual accessibility and appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born Domenikos Theotokopoulos on the island of Crete, the artist first worked as a painter of icons. Beginning about 1567, he spent a decade in Venice and Rome absorbing the aesthetic principles of the Mannerist style. He made his way to Spain in 1576 and settled in Toledo, where he was free to develop his distinctive art. Today El Greco is celebrated not only by artists, but by the public at large. Do not miss this opportunity to experience his unique genius in one of his greatest works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Dawson W. Carr, Ph.D., The Janet and Richard Geary Curator of European Art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Portland Art Museum has developed audio guide content to complement the El Greco installation, interviewing three speakers who explore different interpretations of selected portions of the painting. You can hear all the sections on the STQRY app through your personal mobile device (iPhone<\/a>,\u00a0Android<\/a>,\u00a0Windows Phone<\/a>) or\u00a0online<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledgments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This special installation in the Masterworks | Portland series is made possible by the generous support of Nani S. Warren, Mary and Spencer Dick, Dr. Alton and Celia Wiebe, Linda and Donald Van Wart, the European and American Art Council of the Portland Art Museum, West Coast Drape & Blush Furniture, and Exhibition Series Sponsors.<\/em><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"masterworks-portland-el-greco","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail.jpg","id":9486,"extension":"jpg","width":1500,"height":844,"filesize":382926,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":394,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":77299,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-700x394.jpg"},"large":{"width":1308,"height":736,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":244968,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-1308x736.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":25158,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-270x270.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":432,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":90323,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-768x432.jpg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":54892,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-375x500.jpg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":506,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":122458,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-900x506.jpg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":136159,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-904x565.jpg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":129346,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ElGreco_HolyFamily_detail-975x500.jpg"}}},"all_day":true,"start_date":"2014-12-13 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2014","month":"12","day":"13","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2015-04-05 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"04","day":"05","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2014-12-13 08:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2014","month":"12","day":"13","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2015-04-06 06:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"04","day":"06","hour":"06","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n